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OAR -AXLE BOX.

No. 352,979. Patented Nov.

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RICHARD MCDowELr., or LAMRER'rvriiLE, NEW JERSEY, AssrGNoR To i. s. MCGIEHAN, oE'NEw YORK, N. Y.

A CAR-AXLE Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,979, dated November 23, 1886.

Application filed October 15, 1884. Renewed February 12, 1886.` Serial No. 191,745. (No model.)

To all whom-,it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD AMoDoWELL,

of Lambertville, in the county of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, have inventedanew and useful Improvement in Car-Axle Boxes, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to car-axle boxes.

It has for its object to provide the box with a plate resting upon springs located on the bottom of the box inside, upon which the waste packing rests. The plate acts as a means toV force the waste up against the axle as it becomes packed orcousumed, thus enabling an quantity, as will be fully explained hereinafter.

The drawings accompanying this specifica` tion, and forming parkt thereof, fullyillustrate my improved car-axle box, and by the aid of the following` descriptionwill show very clearly its construction and operation, letters of referenee being used which indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.

f Figure l is a side elevation of caraxle box. Fig. 2 is au end elevation. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 4 repre` sents a transverse vertical sect-ion through the line x w, Fig. l, and Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the perforated plate which rests upon the springs in the bottom of the box, and which keeps the waste in place.

'Ihat part of the drawings which is represented by A is the box proper, which is made of cast-iron, and which may be of any desired shape in order to conform to the standard adopted by the railroad upon which it is being used.

The perforated plate D is constructed as shown in Fig. 3, and has secured to its lower side one or more springs, preferablyftwo, as shown at E, Fig. 1. Vhen the plate D is in position in the box, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the springs E will rest against the bottom of the box. Vhen the box is being packed, the

waste lo is stuffed in'between the lower side of thejournal C and the top side of the plate D. The waste o, when being stuffed in the box, will crowd its way through the perforation in the plate D. In the form of wicks it will also force the plate D down toward the bottom of the box and compress. the springs E as muchl packing in position against the lower side of the journal. The space in the box A under the plate D is the receptacle for the oil,which is fed to the waste by the small strips of waste (or wicks) which hang through the holes C and lie in the oil.

At the back end of the box inside, as shown at n, is a bulk-head against which the end of the plate D slides vertically, and which keeps the plate from having any end movement in the box. The bulk-head n is not a necessary feature to the operation of my improvement, and it may be advisable in some cases to dispense with it. I prefer to use it in the present box, however, in order to reduce the size of the plate D and the unnecessary consumption of waste. By the aid of my improved regulating plate D, I am enabled to use a cheaper grade of packing in less quantity than has been lheretofore used. I am also enabled to run the journals from six months toa year Without rcpacking, as the springs keep the time,while in the case of the ordinary manner of stuffing the box full of waste, without my improved plate the boxes `must be repacked on an average every month, because the waste becomes packed and drops away from the 'j our-- nal. I claim therefore that I have provided a very much cheaper'and more perfect means of lubricating the journal. n

When it becomes necessary to repack the box, the lid or cover B is opened. The requisite amount of Waste packing is then stuffed in between the journal and plate and oil or any other desirable lubricantpoured thereon. 'Ihe cover is again closed and the box is ready for use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a oaraxle box, the plate D, extending across the entire width of the box and provided with the guide-lips ci', for the purpose of keeping the plate from tipping, the said IOC) plate resting upon the springs E, as and for v the purpose set forth.

2. In acar-axlebox, theplate D,construeted provement in oar-axle boxes, as above de- Wth the guide-lips d', to keep the plate level scribed, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th Io Within the box7 and provided with suitable day of October1884. perforations through which the waste absorbs 5 the @i1 from the bottom of the b0x,the Said y RICHARD MJDOWELL' plate resting upon suitable spiral springs, as Vitnesses: and for the purpose speeied. JAMES P. NIEMANN, In testimony that I claim the foregoing int VILLIE J. KELLEY. 

